More on climate change and water management

I posted last week about the Secure Water provision of S 22, the Omnibus Public Lands bill that has passed the Senate, which would mandate federal planning for the effects of climate change on water resources.

Among the key recommendations: long-term monitoring at the right locations is key to understanding the impacts of climate change; water planning should incorporate projections of future climate conditions rather than relying solely on the hisotrical record; adaptive management may be useful for dealing with the added uncertainties introduced by climate change; and more research is needed to fill important knowledge gaps.